In February 2012, Qeto Gadelia’s twenty-four-year-old son died in hospital under suspicious circumstances. After the government failed to investigate his death , Mrs. Gadelia decided to walk from Zugdidi to Tbilisi, hoping that she would be able to bring this fact to the attention of the President of Georgia, the media and the people of her country . She also hoped that she would be allowed to meet the President in his residence in Tbilisi, and that

the involvement of the head of state would help her find justice.

Unfortunately, Mrs. Gadelia’s tragedy appeared to be one of many cases ignored by the government, because its investigation is not in the interest of the regime.

Georgian students, living in Berlin, want to express solidarity with this particular tragedy and with the people who have suffered from all other regimes. They are organizing a three-day action/performance, and the aim is to walk 333 kilometres, the same distance that Qeto Gadelia covered from Zugdidi to the presidential palace. The march will start on 18 September at the embassy of Georgia in Berlin, and will continue uninterrupted until they cover 333 km around the embassy. Feel free to join the march by any way – symbolically, physically or virtually. Everyone can join the march around the embassy and take a first step towards solidarity.

students aim is not a dialogue with the government, but to emphasize once again their responsibility for this act – just as for them the action/performance will be an opportunity to forge solidarity.